HMS B. Herbert 6th ELA S.C.O.R.E. bherbert@shelbyed.org

Homework Friday Write one good brain burp sentence for each vocabulary word in literature text on page 122 and phobia(123) and Doppler effect (125) and moorings (125) Monday Read ” The Lady and the Spider” Tuesday In Grammar Workbook page 9,11 and 12- do ex 2 on each page Print and bring in one article […]

Independent Reading Project –A Book Jacket Students will read 1 novel approved by the teacher. Books read prior to August 4th may not be used. Novels should be at least 100 pages long and on a 5th grade reading level . You are encouraged to read challenging books. You will not grow as a reader […]

This week’s focus: pronouns, author’s perspective, author’s purpose, tone, mood, audience, autobiography, biography, pronouns, sequ, pel-pul Selection vocabulary word list A and B for “My Papa, Mark Twain” Friday Homework: Write 1 good brain burp sentence for each vocabulary word in List A Monday Homework: carefully read 102 thru 106 (no written assignment) Tuesday Homework: […]

For tomorrow: verbs;review R 40 in yellow text and all verb pages in GWB review AIO and yellow text for narrator, point of view ( 1st, 3rd)p. 43 and R17 , fact and opinion and p. 44 for selection vocabulary; review”The Drive in Movie” review LXViii in yellow text for Argument

focus: narrator, point of view, autobiography, biography and selections vocabulary Friday>: IN CLASS GWB p. 18 Ex. 1. Reading in Class: ” The Drive In Movie” non-fiction, autobiographical In AIO: 21,23,24 HOMEWORK: GWB p. 20 ex 1 complete AIO not completed in class Work on project Monday: IN CLASS: GWB p. 14 and excercises in […]

Sixth graders will experience their first Thursday afternoon pep rally this week. Most of my student’s brain switches will be in the off mode by 9:00. Therefore, I am moving this week’s progress check to Friday. Students who review a little every night–10-15 minutes for each of the 4 subjects– do far better on comprehensive […]

This week we will be studying the elements of fiction and non-fiction from last week’s list and adding conflict, first person point of view, third person point of view, and narrator word parts: ization, meta, morph and bene Home Practice for the following afternons due the next day Friday: read and work on project Monday: […]

On 8/14 students visited the media center to check out a book for Independent Reading. This month’s Independent Reading Project is a book jacket worth 100 points. Students were given specific instructions in written, oral and visual forms. This is a student project and students were instructed to do their own projects. It is super […]

My planning time is from 8:15 until 8:45 am. The rest of the day I am teaching classes so I may not respond to e-mails as quickly as I did in the past. If you have an emergency and need me to phone you, send an e-mail with your number and I will try to […]

Are you excited? I am! Helena Middle rocks. I will see you Thursday morning in the cafeteria. We have completely revised our ELA classes. It is going to be a great year.

We have completed testing for the year. After viewing the sales pitches for our Hollywood producer projects, we will read the script for James and the Giant Peach in English classes and excerpts from the novel The Jungle Book in my reading classes.

Hollywood Producer due May 12 Directions given in class–twice Examples in class 6th Grade Reading County Assessment Study Guide (Test Dates: May 14th and May 15th) 1. Theme conveyed through details from a story 2. Point of view 3. Sequence of events (plot) 4. Cause and effect 5. Making inferences (Example: Which of the following […]

Reading:  We begin a unit on test taking skills, that will also be a review of elements and skills we have learned this year, tomorrow. We will have a quiz this Friday on Odes, ballads, epics and science fiction.  Students will have a definition identification section as well as a practical identification section. Grades will […]

  Reading terms from handouts given to students ( some multiple times ) and blue lit book focus on p. 284-287 and handouts on following:Theme    implied theme       style    plot    propaganda    bandwagon   testimonial   bias   envy   emotional appeal focus on p. 284-287 English: p. 565, second column, p. 457 Using Troublesome words II, and labeling and writing […]

  The bio vocabulary was switched to the comm, co, counter and contra sheet due to the informational text we are reading as background to “Jeremiah’s Song”, which we will read in class tomorrow.   Reading:  One page book report Graphic due on April 2.  Students will report the title, point of view, characters, setting, […]

Reading: Complete reading Pecos Bill in blue lit book English: review for quotation marks test

Reading: read page 930-937–pay close attention to terms and side notes.  Be prepared to discuss English:   Thursday test on commas, semicolons and colons

Last morning for OOOPPPs will be Monday. There are no more extra credit opportunities for the 3rd nine weeks. 50 points total, not including wow points for note cards and the Part of Speech Book,  were offerred. In addition, I gave 5 points to persons who came for morning tutoring. I am continuing to grade […]

English: due Thursday : Read 497 , Review rules and examples and then complete Ex. 8 Due Friday: read  499 thru to ex. 10 write the correct titles    and   ex 11 write the sentences   Reading due Thursday read 410-thru 417  on 411 pay close attention to Literary Element: Point of View re-read or review “The […]

Readinng: Monday: continuance of poetry unit Quiz on poetry term handouts and vocabulary from “To Young Readers”. We are studying poetry in reading at present.  I must give a benchmak this 9 week.  So, I have written a test on what we have covered considering we have had 8 fewer classes than I had planned on […]